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Upworthy Type Headlines: To Like or Dislike?

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Upworthy, a site that focuses on curating social cause related videos and content has been receiving a lot of media attention for changing how bloggers write headlines. But is this a signal that people are growing weary of the “and you won’t believe what happened next” headlines? What about Facebook?

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3 Reasons Why Pinterest Is Still Relevant for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The first question that probably comes to your mind when reading this headline is – “Pinterest? Pinterest remains one of the fastest growing social media platforms, reportedly closing in on 250 million users, the majority of whom are women. . That’s just for pinning clothing and home improvement ideas, right?”.

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10 Blog Design Best Practices for Nonprofits

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Your nonprofit could have a wide variety of excellent blog content , but if your blog’s design doesn’t make a positive first impression, then few will read it – much less share it with their followers on social networks. Prominently featured a “Donate” button, e-newsletter opt-in, and social network icons.

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Blog Roundup: Lessons from Kony 2012 Video Campaign

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It’s been close to two weeks since Invisible Children released it’s "Kony 2012" video, which quickly spread across social networks, blogs, and made headlines across major news networks and newspapers like the NYT and the Washington Post. Is that responsible social change? The issue is complex.

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Blog Tips to Boost Your Web Traffic

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That's a lot of competition for all you nonprofit campaigners and bloggers. Utilize bullets, short paragraphs, and bolded headlines to make the blog posts scannable. Headlines – Use short, catchy headlines that summarize blog posts. Did you know that there are over 156 million public blogs, according to Wikipedia.

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NpTech Tag: Change.org To Launch White-Label Social Network for Nonprofits, GeekToys that Give Geekbumps, and Blog Readability

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience.

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

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2) Ask for a social media budget. While we are on the subject of money, your going to need some to improve your social media campaigns in 2013. Blogger and LinkedIn both launched in 2003. We’re now 10 years into the Social Web. That said, here’s a tool kit to help you ask for that raise and get it.